February 17, 2009 - A trip to Toy Fair inevitably means a visit with McFarlane Toys, a.k.a. the House That Todd Built. The current level of detail and complexity, not to mention diversity in subject matter, of your average action figure owes a lot to what McFarlane has done over the years.

February 6, 2009 - "Nobody knows anything," Willliam Goldman wrote in "Adventures in the Screen Trade." That fact can feel frustratingly accurate the more you look at how publishers choose what games to release in different territories. This is exacerbated by the fact that console manufacturers prefer to enforce region lockouts prohibiting players from using games legitimately purchased in other countries.

December 10, 2008 - Gamers are a passionate bunch, there's no doubt about it. When we're not playing games, we're chatting about them. And when we're not chatting about them, we're thinking about them. It's definitely something of an obsession for many of us, but as with any hobby, there will always be a few freaks (and we mean that in the nicest possible way) who take it to the next level. The gamers with the talent, creativity and – importantly – time, to create truly mindblowing gaming projects that become part of gamer culture.
Today, you lucky readers, we will showcase ten of the most impressive, hilarious and breathtaking creations to emerge from the most passionate gamers.

November 14, 2008 - Trying to come up with just about any ranked list of games for the PlayStation 2 when it's enjoyed such ridiculous success has to pass for cruel and unusual punishment. It's not so much that we couldn't come up with 25 games -- that much was cake -- it was having to plug them into the ranking. As with all lists of this nature, it's going to come down to personal preference. Sports gamers, for instance, are obviously going to throw quite a few more of their favorites on the list. Likewise, RPG nuts have been uncommonly blessed with some wonderful examples of the genre.

September 18, 2008 - Peak Products, a gaming peripheral
company dedicated to providing the best in instrument-quality gaming
controllers, announces the immediate availability of Starpex Obsidian,
the first-ever full-size, wood, PS2 / PS3 Guitar controller with the
look and feel of an actual guitar. The Starpex is available now at
Circuit City, J&R, MicroCenter and www.go-peak.com for an MSRP of
179.99. Peak Products will expand its lineup of Starpex controllers
with the introduction of new colors in the Starpex Dead Rose and Black
Sunburst coming this October.

August 21, 2008 - Fun and feminine with a rock 'n' roll twist. That's what Performance Designed Products (PDP) hopes female gamers will say about the design of a signature line of Aly & AJ video game guitar controllers.

June 25, 2008 - The Ant Commandos (TAC), a leading
provider of innovative wireless video game music peripherals and
accessories, announced today its Widow Maker Wireless Bass Guitar is
now available at retail for an SRP of $69.99. The Widow Maker Bass
Guitar is the first bass guitar controller on the market to feature
4-1 compatibility with all Guitar Hero and Rock Band games for
PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3.

May 22, 2008 - The Ant Commandos (TAC), a leading provider
of innovative wireless video game music peripherals and accessories,
announced today its V Shaped Double Range Guitar ranging in colors
from flame red and electric blue, to jet black, is now available at
retail for an SRP of $59.99. The Double Range Guitar is the first on
the market to feature 100% compatibility with all Guitar HeroT and
Rock BandT games for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3.

January 14, 2008 - No industry stays stagnant for ten years -- and video games are no exception. The last decade of gaming has seen the shuffling of industry positions, the entrance of new players, changing attitudes about what exactly constitutes a game, and a host of rising and declining trends. There are certainly more than ten currents to reflect on, but IGN Retro has selected ten trends of various degrees that helped shape the last decade of gaming. These trends are always shifting, ebbing and flowing as the industry moves into new places. But by investigating the past, you can extrapolate on what's to come -- and that's what we've done with Press X.

November 13, 2007 - WaveGroup might not be well known outside of hardcore videogame circles, but the California based collective of musicians and engineers has an output which is heard the world over thanks to their participation in the uber successful Guitar Hero franchise, as well as other musically oriented games such as Karaoke Revolution, Dance Dance Revolution, and Beatmania.

May 23, 2007 - Today GameStop announced rosy financial results for its first quarter ended May 5, 2007. Net earnings were $24.7 million, a 111 percent increase over last year's Q1. Total sales were up 23 percent to $1,279 million as compared to $1,040.0 million in the first quarter of 2006.

May 3, 2007 - Activision reported today its preliminary fiscal earnings report for both the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The record net revenues Activision reported are to be considered preliminary until Activision files all the necessary forms.